Posts published by Sam Grobart

The introduction of 3-D TV has been a bumpy one; people just don’t seem to care all that much about it. But development of a glasses-less 3-D technology, and more subtle use of the 3-D effect , may help speed its adoption.Read more…

Manufacturers have to weigh the desire to have devices do a lot of things against the simplicity that consumers demand — and deserve. They keep loading on features that drag down a product’s usefulness rather than adding to it.Read more…

Surface is not just an iPad competitor. It’s an ultrabook competitor. Microsoft seems to be going after a broader market than Apple does with its iPad. Microsoft is aiming at people who do work on laptops but want something even lighter. Read more…

Apple’s new Next Generation MacBook Pro adds a powerful new laptop to the company’s product line, but that addition also makes the company’s product line a little more confusing. Apple’s MacBook Pro line requires more parsing on the part of the consumer today than it did yesterday. Read more…

Apple unveiled a new version of the iPad with a higher-resolution screen and 4G capability, along with an update to its Apple TV box. It was the second major product presentation for Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive. We live blogged the company’s presentation in San Francisco.Read more…

At Research In Motion‘s Web-developer conference on Monday in San Francisco, the company revealed its tablet, called the PlayBook. The 9.7mm-thick tablet has a seven-inch display, front and rear HD cameras, and full 1080p support along with H.D.M.I. output. The PlayBook has no cellular connection of its own: it works in concert with a BlackBerry hand-held, using an encrypted Bluetooth connection to tether to the phone.